Obesity does not influence the correlation between exercise capacity and serum NT-proBNP levels in chronic heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-105

  Ferreira, António Miguel ^a   Mendes, Miguel ^a   Ventosa, António ^a   Aguiar, Carlos T ^a   Ferreira, Jorge ^a   Figueira, João M ^a   Silva, José A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Exercise capacity; Natriuretic peptides; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; OBESITY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

EID: 53549097921     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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